Madinan codex order
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Madinan codex order is the traditional arrangement of Qur’anic surahs and verses as preserved in the early Medinan manuscript tradition and followed in most standard printed muṣḥafs today.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Qurʾanic surah order tradition
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textual arrangement ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Qurʾanic surahs
ⓘ
Qurʾanic verses ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basisFor | standard surah numbering systems ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | muṣḥaf layout conventions ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | alternative early codex orders ⓘ |
| defines | canonical sequence of surahs in most Muslim communities ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
chronological order of revelation
ⓘ
topical or thematic Qurʾan arrangements ⓘ |
| endsWithSurah | al-Nās NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Cairo 1924 muṣḥaf edition
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King Fahd Complex muṣḥaf editions NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman muṣḥaf tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Medinan manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSurahs | 114 ⓘ |
| hasScope | entire Qurʾanic corpus ⓘ |
| hasStatus | dominant surah order in contemporary Qurʾan printing ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Islamic era ⓘ |
| influences |
numbering of surahs in tafsīr works
ⓘ
structure of printed Qurʾan pages ⓘ |
| inheritedBy | regional Qurʾan printing traditions in the Muslim world ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| ordersSurahsPrimarilyBy | approximate decreasing length after al-Fātiḥa ⓘ |
| preservedIn | early Medinan Qurʾanic manuscripts ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Shiʿi scholarship
ⓘ
Sunni scholarship ⓘ |
| relatedTo | ʿUthmānic codification of the Qurʾan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| stability | high textual stability across printed editions ⓘ |
| startsWithSurah | al-Fātiḥa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOf | canonical Qurʾanic arrangement ⓘ |
| usedAs | reference framework for verse citation ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Qurʾan exegesis organization
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Qurʾan indexing and referencing ⓘ Qurʾan recitation practice ⓘ memorization of the Qurʾan ⓘ |
| usedIn |
modern printed Qurʾans
ⓘ
most standard printed muṣḥafs ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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